....--^†#@                                          @#†^--....
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.--^†§#¶@#                                          #@¶#§†^--.
.--^†§#¶@@                                          @@¶#§†^--.
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.--^††§##@ @ § . @ §  . @ § LYING @ § . @ § . @ § . @##§††^--.
.--^†§#¶@# @    §   .   IN   MY   ROOM,   @   §   . #@¶#§†^--.
....--^^§¶ @ ARMS FLOPPED OVER THE EDGE OF THE BED. ¶§^^--....
.--^†§§§#@ @ § .  SOMETHING  POKING  MY  LEFT HAND, @#§§§†^--.
.....---†# @     §      .     SOMETHING      SLIMY, #†---.....
.--^†§§§§# @ §  .  SLITHERING  AROUND  THE FINGERS, #§§§§†^--.
.--^††§§## @    §   .   UP   THE   ARM.   @   §   . ##§§††^--.
.--^†§§### IS   IT  DRUG-FUELED   APATHY?   @  §  . ###§§†^--.
...---^†## @   §  .   I   DON'T   MOVE   THE   ARM. ##†^---...
.--^†§#¶@# @    §    .    @    §   .    @    §    . #@¶#§†^--.
....--^†§# WHATEVER IT IS THAT'S TASTING ME, @  § . #§†^--....
.--^†§#¶@# IT   MOVES    FURTHER    UP,   @   §   . #@¶#§†^--.
.--^†§#¶@# REACHES    THE    ARMPIT.    @    §    . #@¶#§†^--.
.--^†§#¶¶¶ I  TURN  MY  HEAD  TOWARD  IT.  @   §  . ¶¶¶#§†^--.
.--^†§#¶¶¶ @    §    .    LOOKS    LIKE   SEAGRASS. ¶¶¶#§†^--.
.----^^††# @   §  .  IT'S  KINDA  CUTE.   @   §   . #††^^----.
.--^†§#¶@# @    §    .    @    §   .    @    §    . #@¶#§†^--.
.--^†§#¶@# @  § . ONCE IT'S UP MY  NECK  AND ON  MY #@¶#§†^--.
....--†§¶¶ FACE,    I    BITE    IT.    @    §    . ¶¶§†--....
.--^†§#¶@@ @ §  . THE  TEXTURE  IS LIKE  THAT  OF A @@¶#§†^--.
.....-^§§¶ JUICY      @      §       .       GRAPE, ¶§§^-.....
.--^†§#¶@@ @ § . AND THE SQUISH  TASTES  LIKE SWEET @@¶#§†^--.
.--^†§#@## @   §    .   @   §    .   CUCUMBER.    . ##@#§†^--.
....-^^†#¶ @ § . IT'S VERY GOOD. @  § . AND I @ § . ¶#†^^-....
.--^†§#¶@# SUCK   MORE   OF   IT   IN.   @   §    . #@¶#§†^--.
.....-†#¶¶ @    §   .    CHEW    IT.    @    §    . ¶¶#†-.....
.--^†§#¶@# @ § . THE SEAGRASS DOESN'T SEEM TO MIND. #@¶#§†^--.
.--^†§#@## @    §    .   @    §    .    @    §    . ##@#§†^--.
.--^†§#¶@# §  -   APATHY  GONE,  I   SIT  UP.  §  - #@¶#§†^--.
......-^§¶ § -   THE TENDRILS ARE STUCK  UNDER  § - ¶§^-......
......-†§¶ §  - MY SHIRT, § - ENTERING  BY  THE ARM ¶§†-......
.--^†§#@## AND EXITING  THROUGH  THE  COLLAR.  §  - ##@#§†^--.
.--^†§#¶@# §  - THIS MAKES IT  HARD FOR ME  TO PUSH #@¶#§†^--.
.--^§#¶@## MORE   OF   IT   IN   MY   MOUTH.   §  - ##@¶#§^--.
.--^†§#¶@# § - I MAKE TO REMOVE THE SHIRT,  BUT THE #@¶#§†^--.
.--^†§#@## SEAGRASS FINALLY PROTESTS  WHEN I TRY TO ##@#§†^--.
...---†##@ MOVE     MY    LEFT     ARM.     §     - @##†---...
.--^†§#¶@# §  -  SO  -  EATING   IT  IS  OK,  §   - #@¶#§†^--.
...---†##@ §  - §  - MOVING IT  IS  NOT.  §  -  § - @##†---...
.--^†§§§#@                                          @#§§§†^--.
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